I was embarrassed to admit to Bill McKibben today that this was the first time I had ever taken part … Read More
Environment
COP15 Day 7: Accessing the Inaccessible
The other day during my videotaped interview with visual artist Frans Jacobi I was asked a rather awkward question: “So … Read More
COP15 Day 6: Now Or Never?
There has been talk of a COP15.5, taking place next summer, in case no binding treaty is achieved by the … Read More
COP15 Day 5: A Global Problem Debated By National Leaders
Yesterday afternoon I attended a side event hosted by the delegation from Kiribati, to issue their Call To The World … Read More
COP15 Day 4: Cherishing True Wealth
Yesterday morning – my first morning in the Bella Center, the main conference venue at Copenhagen – I ran into … Read More
COP15 Day 3: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Saving the World
[Blog written on iphone while waiting in line to pick up badge at the Bella Center this morning.] All the … Read More
COP15 Day 2: Is Climate A Feminist Issue?
Gender and Climate Change. Hmm. I was puzzled. What does gender have to do with the environment? Surely climate change … Read More
COP15 Day 1: Negotiating the Climate Maze
One chapter ends, another begins…. Hobbled out of BB2B and plunged straight into COP15. Today, my first full day in … Read More
BB2B Day 15: Breaking News
It’s early in a dark winter’s morning here in Grimbergen, and in a couple of hours we will set out … Read More